Category: “Personal Productivity”

Workers who lose their jobs, freelancers who don’t find more clients, companies that stop getting new orders… The current economic recession is forcing many people to rethink their future. Even those that have a steady job are no longer considering it permanent—they shouldn’t—and beginning to think that another way of life is possible and, probably, necessary.

After implementing my GTD system on applications not specifically designed for it, as Microsoft One Note and Evernote, I am skipping to FacileThings. So far I have resisted because it is a cloud application. Yes, I am an outdated guy who believes that things should be stored on my hard disk to be considered mine. Another reason is I was waiting the beta phase to be completed. Finally, I am absolutley satisfied. But, why should you change if you have something that works?

We all know what fear is, since we live with it every day. We are afraid of changing jobs, public speaking, starting or ending a relationship, confronting people, being rejected… Fear can make you abandon your business or the love of your life.

I just found an article that publishes the list of Top 50 Most Motivational People on the Web and I am not surprised to find in it many authors whose work is based on the principle of doing more with less effort, a.k.a productivity, as the following:

As we approach the end of each year, many people make the usual review of what they have achieved, find out whether they feel good or not about it, and articulate a good set of resolutions for the new year.